It is very interesting to learn that this situation is so common in Poland as to be taken for granted. I have previously read of the “barrel children” in the Caribbean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_children); but living in the U.S., the “euro orphan” phenomena in Poland was news to me.

thanks for your comments -makes me all warm inside!

I am still around the site (or next door at http://www.mytherapist.com!) and I plan to post sporadically, we’ll see how things go. At the moment I am pretty busy…

It was interesting to read about ‘euro orphans’ as a social phenomenon, there are so many people working abroad that I had totally taken that for granted!It is everywhere. It is not a new thing either, so many of my adult clients are suffering from long absences of a parent in their youth. Of course the extended family is stronger here and leaving kids with grandparents seems normal, but still, the effects are widespread and run deep.

I was sorry to learn you are discontinuing (or only suspending?) your blog activities on this site. Although I did not often comment, I read your entries quite often.

On an unrelated subject, I have noted that you are living in Poland, and I wondered if you have had any experience with the issue of “euro orphans” mentioned in the following article:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-polish-orphans_goeringsep15,0,970936.story